June 2015. A transcript of this conversation is available here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-cheryl-mclennan-lpp-transcript-ep-34.pdf\n\nCheryl Mclennan talks to David Turner about poetry and its succinctness helping her to find her voice, joining a writing group and sharing ideas as a way of continuing to write, how she started performing after winning a prize at an open mic event, and her carefully crafted rhythms and language. Cheryl reads five poems:\n\u2018Silverback Gorilla\u2019 - 00:00:23\n\u2018The Colorado River Toad\u2019 - 00:01:06\n\u2018Sherbet Lemon\u2019 - 00:05:46\n\u2018Fruit Teas\u2019 - 00:07:12\n\u2018Catherine\u2019 - 00:15:12\n\nwww.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue